{and} is p{re}sent fortune derworþi to þe. whiche þat nis not feiþful forto dwelle. {and} whan she goþ aweye þat 788 she bryngeþ a wyȝt in sorwe ¶ For syn she may nat be wiþholde{n} at a mans wille. she makeþ hym a wrecche whe{n} she dep{ar}teþ fro hym. [Sidenote: What is she (Fortune) but the presage of future calamity?] ¶ What oþer þing is flitti{n}g fortune but a manere shewyng of wrycchednesse [[pg 32]] þat is to comen. ne it ne suffriþ nat oo[n]ly to loken 793 of þing þat is p{re}sent byforne þe eyen of man. but wisdom lokeþ {and} mesureþ þe ende of þinges. [Sidenote: Her mutability should make men neither fear her threats nor desire her favours.] {and} þe same chau{n}gyng from one to an oþer. þat is to seyne 796 fro aduersite to p{ro}sperite makeþ þat þe manaces of fortune ne ben not forto dreden. ne þe flatrynges of hir to ben desired. ¶ Þus atte þe last it byhoueþ þe to suffren wiþ euene wille in pacience al þat is don 800 inwiþ þe floor of fortune. þat is to seyne in þis worlde. [Linenotes: 727 _she_ (2)--I 729 _myȝt[e] seye_--myht{e} seyn 730 _stynt[e]_--stynte 732 _hire_--here 733 _knowe vtterly_--knowen owtrely 734 _languissed_--languyssest 737 _haþ_--MS. haþe 738 _astat_--estat _felefolde_--feelefold 739 _colour_--colours _deceites_ (MS. decrites)--deceytes _merueillous_--meruayles 742 _haþ_--MS. haþe 743 _if_--yif 746 _any_ (MS. my)--any _þing_--thinge 747 _trauaile_--travaylen _don_--do _remembren of_--remenbre on 748 [_and despysen_]--from C. 749 _was_--omitted 750 _were_--weren 751 _myne_--myn _seyne_--sayn 752 _sudeyne_--sodeyn 753 _outen_--owte 757 _inne_--in _mow----weye_--mowe maken way 758 _strenger_--strengere _Com nowe furþe_--MS. Come; C. Com now forth 760 _goþ_--MS. goþe 761 _com_--MS. come, C. com 762 _house_--hows _lyȝter_--lyhter{e} 763 _prolaciouns_--p{ro}basyons _heuyer_--heuyer{e} _ayleþ_--eyleth 765 _trow[e]_--trowe _sen_--MS. sene, C. seyn _some_--som _þing_--thinge _uncouþe_--vnkowth 766 _aȝeins_--ayein 767 _wenest_--weenes [_þat_]--C. that 768 _haþ_--MS. haþe [_kept_]--from C. 769 _stablenes in þe_--stabylnesse standeth in the 770 _swyche_--swich 771 _vnleueful_--vnlefful 775 _haþ_--MS. had, C. hat 776 _good_--MS. goode, C. god 777 _agrisest_--MS. agrised, C. agrysyst 778 _fals[e]_--false 780 _myche_--mochel 781 [_of_]--from C. _haþ_--MS. haþe 783 _text_--texte 784 _haþ_--MS. haþe 785 _forsaken_--forsake _Holdest þou_--holdestow 786 _þan_--thanne _preciouse_--p{re}syes 787 _derworþi_--dereworthe _whiche_--which